Alexander mackie



(No Model.)

A. MAGKIE.

BOTTLE AND STOPPBR No. 456,420. Patented July 21, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER MACKIE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BOTTLE AND STOPP ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,420, dated July 21,1891. Application filed April 4, 1891. Serial No. 387,650- (No model.)Patented in England April 11, 1889, No. 6,184-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MAOKIE, l)l1lld6l,'2t subject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at Vinchester Place, Peckham, London, in thecounty of Surrey, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and

other Vessels, (for which I have obtained a,

patent in Great Britain, N 0. 6,184, hearing date. April 11, 1889,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel stopper for bottlesand similar vessels; and it consists in the features of construction andthe combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showing a portion of a bottle with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 1 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the stopper at about forty-fivedegrees to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the under sideof the stopper shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing theposition of the stopper when locked. Fig.6 shows the same unlocked. Fig.7 illustrates the locking-disk.

Referring to the drawings, a is the neck of the bottle.

19, is the thickened portion of the neck, having a square hole formedtherein.

c is the head of the stopper.

(1 is the circular stem, and c c are the flats of the lower (square) endof the stem.

f is a hole in the head of the stopper for the insertion of a pencil orpen-holder, or other piece of wood or metal which may be at hand, as alever for turning the stopper.

9 is a Washer, formed of cork, rubber, or other elastic or flexiblematerial. This washer may be made annular or it may be circular outsideand have a square hole formed therein.

7t is a segmental recess at the upper part of the neck, and 7b is acorresponding recess in the head of the stopper. 7L2, Fig. 7, isathindisk of metal, wood, or other hard substance of slightly smallerdiameter than the circle h h.

7.: is a raised ledge 01' lip for confining and locating the washer g.

In closing the bottle the washer g is first placed in position. Thestopper is then inserted and forcibly turned until the angles projectbelow the flats of the bottle-neck, and the segmental recesses 71. h arein the positions to receive the disk h as shown in Fig. 5. The disk isthen inserted and sealed with Wax. This locking-disk may be utilized fora name or trade-mark.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The combination,with a bottle or similar vessel having its neck provided with anexternal recess h and an angular interior surface, of a stopper havingthe external recess 71' and provided with the circular stem (1, havingthe flattened portions 6, and the disk 7t ,engaging the recesses h h ofthe neck and stopper, substantially as described.

Dated this 12th day of March, 1891.

ALEXANDER MAOKIE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE C. DOWNING,

8 Quality Com-2, London, TV. 0. JosEPH LAKE,

17 Gracechw'ch St, London, E. O.

